Clothes-line holder.



I. .HUTH. CLOTHES LINE HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 4. 1907.

Patentd Sept. 22, 1908.

sT A'rns PATENT QFFIGE. i

, JOHN nu'rn, OF CANTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM A. HUTH, OF CANTON,

Application filed. December 4, 1907. Serial No. 405,117.

To all whom t t-may concern:

Be it known that I, Jonx Henna citizen of the United-States, residing at Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Line Holders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing, makinga part of this specification, and to the numerals of reference marked thereon, in which- Figure 1 is a view showing the clothes-line properly attached to its supports. Fig. 2 1s a front view of the holder. Fig. 3 is a detached perspective view of the disk, the looking bar and the line carrying arm.

The n'esent invention has relation to clothes-iine-holdersand it consists in. the novel arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Similar numerals of reference indicate cor responding parts in all the figures of the drawing.

In the accompanying drawing, 1 re )resents the connecting plate or base, which is attached at the required height to a post or other object by means of screws or their equivalents. To the base 1 is pivotally attached the disk 2, said disk being mounted upon the stud 3 and held by the cotter 4 or its equivalent. The disk 2 1s )rovided at its bottom or lower portion vn'th t he line locking or clamping bar 5, which bar is grooved upon its opposite sides and is so grooved for the purpose hereinafter described. The disk 2 is provided with the line carrying arm 6 the top or upper end of which is grooved, and is grooved to receive the line as illustrated in Fig. 1. The base plate 1 is provided with the s aced bars 7, which bars are located below the pivotal point of the disk 2, and are equally distant from the pivot with the clamping bar 5. The bars 7 are for the double purpose of limiting the movement of the disk 2 upon its pivotal point and at the same time providing means for clamping the line between the fixed bars 7 and the grooved bar 5' as best illustrated in Fig. 1. Inuse it is sometimes desirable to have the line extend from the right of the holder proper and in other instances to extend to the left and still in other instances Specification of Letters Patent.

OHIO.

.jCLOTHES-LINE HOLDER.

Patented Sept. 22,1908.

it may be desirable to have the line extend at i tended in opposite directions as illustrated in I Fig. l.

For the pur )ose of providing a means for extending the line at an angle to the portion of the line leading from the right or the left of the holder proper the base plate 1 is pro vided with the hook S, which hook is located below the bars 7 and the grooved bar 5 as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, and is so located for the purpose of wrapping the line around the hoo after which it can be extended at any angle to the portion of the line leading from right to left of the holder proper, without drawing or pulling the line from between the clamping bars. 7

For the purpose of preventing the cutting of the fibers composing the line, the line contact surfaces of the bars 7 are rounded and the lower edges of the grooved bar 5 extended a short distance below the fixed clamping bars 7, by which arrangement the edges of the grooved bar 5 are n'evented from comingin direct contact with t 1e line, but the line is clamped between the concaved surfaces of the grooved barand the convexed surfaces of the fixed bars 7.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination of a supporting base, i

and a stud secured thereto, a disk mounted upon said stud, said disk provided with a bar having grooves upon its opposite faces and a line carrying arm grooved at its outer end, bars fixed to the supporting base and )ro vided with rounded inner surfaces, said bars spaced from each other and the grooved bar Jomi ,IIU'rI-i srb ars, substantially is 1nd for the purpose \'\"'itnes ses:

specified. In testimony that I claim the above, I

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